2007-11-12 08:19:46 · 36 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
If you do it instead of eating, yes. Otherwise no.
2007-11-12 08:22:52 · answer #1 · answered by ? 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
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2016-08-16 14:28:33 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's the water. The lemon juice is just to give it some taste if you like. However, it's quite easy to get hooked on plain water -- it's the perfect beverage, and it's what your body wants.
So drink a lot of water throughout the day. That old "8 glasses a day" advice has been largely discredited as being too little. I drink at least 3 liters a day -- every 30 minutes I take about 20 swallows. I consider it to be vital to my weight loss -- over 100 pounds.
2007-11-12 08:24:42 · answer #3 · answered by The Snappy Miss Pippi Von Trapp 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've heard from many doctors that water with lemon juice is recommended for proper digestion. In one of the articles i found on the web it says that "Lemon juice, when taken regularly in the morning, acts as a tonic to the liver and stimulates it to produce bile making it ready to digest the day's food." When food is properly digested you feel better and have more energy, and having more energy means burning more calories. And i also heard that if you drink lemon juice water with your meal it actually helps your stomach to break down the foods that are hard to digest, like all those bad carbs, sugars and fats!
So i say yes it helps lose weight.
P.S.: I'm on the "lemon juice diet" myself. I only do it for two weeks every two months. In 6 months i've lost 18 pounds and i can eat pretty much anything i want!
2007-11-13 05:39:22 · answer #4 · answered by HeavenlyCreature 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Every diet plan I have ever tried says to drink at least eight 12oz. glasses of water a day. One doctor I went to said that when you didn't drink enough water your body would hold on to what you did drink and store it instead of releasing it. I know when I drink enough water, I do lose weight. Lemon is supposed to be a natural diarectic. From my experience, the lemon doesn't make a difference. But it does make the water have a little taste.
2007-11-12 08:25:57 · answer #5 · answered by mellie1959 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well, drinking water with lemon juice definately has cleansing properties and can curb your appetite. However this alone wont make you lose weight. Although there is a fasting diet that you can do called a master cleanse which alot of celebrities do to lose weight before they do big roles. Beyonce did this for dreamgirls. You basically mix Water, maple syrup, cayenne pepper, and lemons. Go to mastercleansesecrets.com for more information
2007-11-12 08:27:34 · answer #6 · answered by The Queen 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't think so - Just have a healthy diet and good amounts of excercise, and drink lots of plain water and you should lose weight. Adding lemon juice to water would just add calories I'd think!
2007-11-12 08:23:25 · answer #7 · answered by lexmad 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it can, it flushes out your kidneys for one. Although you have to do more than just drink water with lemon. Oh, by the way that has to be a fresh lemon not one from a bottle. Make sure you have a well organized planned out diet. You can do a google search on it to find the right one for you. I found one all ready and have put a review of it on my website. It is there to save you time and energy.
Leah
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2007-11-12 08:25:40 · answer #8 · answered by Leah A 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The purpose of the lemon is to:
1. provide a natural strengthening agent to the liver enzymes when they are too dilute.
2. The liver can make more enzymes out of fresh lemon juice than any other food element.
3. The lemon helps fix oxygen and calciums in the liver because it regulates blood carbohydrate levels which affect the blood oxygen levels.”
Hmmmm lose weight - couldn't find that specifically but all info points to massive benefits!!!
2007-11-12 08:25:27 · answer #9 · answered by Rosan O 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this is something that they believe in china actually b/c it stimulates your body and things like that they try drinking it in there water or they have this special lemon stuff that is very expensive and you put a few drops in you bath water and soak in it
in truth though it doesn't actually work it would be better to keep on drinking water though and not things like soda or juices and stuff like b/c of how much sugar and carbs they have
you should try going on a diet or an exercise plan if you are trying to loose weight it is easier to do that than be upset on why lemon water is not making you loose weight
2007-11-12 08:25:23 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Drinking water helps with Cravings and is much better for you than soda, so in reality yes, but be careful beacuse too much ofthe lemon juice can start to eat at your teeth. Good Luck
2007-11-12 08:23:53 · answer #11 · answered by Loo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋